Irish support for the India deal raised some eyebrows in Brussels, with the State jumping back on the pro-trade bandwagon just days after voting against the Mercosur pact. The incoming secretary general at the Department of Justice will take on the job for a seven-year term. She was appointed secretary general in 2020. Her departure will bring an end to a sister-sister tandem at the top of the Civil Service, with Sinéad McPhillips last year appointed as secretary general of the Department of Agriculture. Another was from the Irish Wedding Professionals Association, “a non-profit community and resource hub created for Irish wedding industry vendors”, which late last year wrote to Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke seeking a meeting.

Source: The Irish Times February 01, 2026 07:31 UTC